Ali Natour
Project Manager, Program Manager
Experience
Project Manager, Program Manager
Leading a cross-organizational project between a bank and financial services company in payment, authorization and card transaction domain. Key responsibilities:
- Creating comprehensive project plan and defining common goals
- Defining project scope, milestones and shared project objectives
- Creating and managing detailed timeline
- Monitoring process steps and tracking activities/features of cross-work-streams
- Risk and dependency management
- Regular client alignment meetings
- Stakeholder management
- Resource requirements
- Budget monitoring and control
- Implementing quality assurance processes
- Reporting to steering committee
Lean Portfolio Management Expert
LPM process review and operationalization for Sales and Marketing groups (Sales IT, After Sales IT, Brands, Markets and Enterprise Financial Services):
- Reviewed and adapted LPM process as LPM expert
- Created structures and designs for operational and deployment value streams
- Established LPM budget and financial management processes
- Created operationalization pilot and implemented tools (Jira: Projects, Backlogs, Boards and Addin-Structure)
- Started operationalization
Used technologies: SAFe, LPM, Jira, Jira-Addin Structure, Easy BI, Confluence, PowerPoint
Project Manager, PMO Coach
Project management, resource planning, capacity allocation, tracking and time management, PMO coaching:
- Coordination and communication across project stakeholders
- Optimized workflows through structuring, clarifying responsibilities and role activities reassignment
- Used Jira Kanban boards for visualization and transparency
- Enabled effective planning, tracking and reporting at project/program level
- Reporting at all levels including division board
- PMO team coaching for improved efficiency
Used technologies: Agile PMO, SAFe, Project management, Jira (Projects, Backlogs, Boards and Structures), Easy BI, Confluence
Management Consultant, Agile Transformation Expert
MVP concept creation for enterprise-wide SAFe agile transformation rollout:
- Developed MVP concept and comprehensive rollout plan considering existing waterfall/V-model processes
- Facilitated department head workshops with key stakeholders
- Conducted OKR workshops to define clear goals and prioritize measures
- Established cross-department cadences with business owner
- Documented results and follow-up measures
Used technologies: SAFe, ASPICE, System Engineering, RFLP, Lean and Agile, Portfolio and Lean Portfolio Management
Managing Director, Senior Management Consultant
Transformation/process consulting, lean portfolio management and enterprise transformation for PMT based on SAFe, Lean Agile and System Engineering approaches:
- Analyzed current team practices and developed strategic/operational LPM processes
- Consolidated enterprise-wide LPM and PMT solutions
- Supported PMT leadership with transformation strategy and decisions
- Defined agile transformation approach within existing reference models
- Designed process flows for refinement, planning, execution and integration
- Developed enterprise-wide reporting concept and metrics
- Supported value streams and solutions implementation
- Acted as department head deputy and project/team lead
Used technologies: SAFe, ASPICE, System Engineering, RFLP, Lean and Agile, LPM, Jira, Enterprise Architect
CEO, Senior Management Consultant
YourSystems
Managing own company providing consulting services in areas of agile transformation, lean portfolio management, and enterprise architecture. Client portfolio includes major companies like Volkswagen, Porsche Digital, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Telekom, Carl-Zeiss AG, Daimler AG and others.
Software Engineer, Scrum/Agile Coach
Insiders Technologies GmbH
Senior Technical Consultant
CAS GmbH
Senior IT Consultant, Team Lead, Scrum Master
Trivadis GmbH
Role included IT coaching, team leadership (Scrum Master), project management, software architecture and development.
Team Lead, Technical Lead
andrena objects ag
Roles included project management, software architecture, development, consulting, agile coaching and business development.
Software Developer
maxess systemhaus GmbH
Co-developed new merchandise management system (WWS2000) at Markant Südwest